Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-11-03

J. G. Fullerton OF Charlotte, injured In a
recent accident on the-Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad, near Creston,
Iowa, has receil ed S8,250 from the rail-
road company, his expenses are all paid.
and he and his wife are to be sent In a
special car TO San Diego, Cal, whittier
they were bound when the accident &C.
cured.
The state board of auditors have author
ICED the state treasurer to use the surplus
funds of the state for the purchase of gov
eminent bonds, when deemed for the best
interest of the state. He Is also author
lied to purchase Michigan war bonds (due
In 1901 IL offered for sale at reasonable
figure. The board of fund commissioners
consists of the governor, state treasurer
and auditor general.
May 13 last Grant Challender aged 20
and unmarried, and John Clay, married
man. quarreled over leased farm near
Grand Ledge. CHALLENGER shot Clay.
fifty No. 2 pellets finding Judgement In
his face and head. They were horribly
mutilated. Challender claimed he shot In
self defense and said that Clay was gong
to hit him with stone. Chal!ender has
been convicted OF murder In the second
degree.
G. w. Fonda's defalcation as cashier OF
Farmers national bank of Cons antine
necessitated sale Of his ten shares of stock.
par value $1,000. Stockholders could not
agree on division, since a'ance of power
was at stake, and determined to sell at
auction. Cashier J. G.. schurtz bought
six shares for $40, 006. President G. IL.
Barry, Jr., purchased remaining four for
i,,r IN Of tlnm Go nm
He secured coveted balance Of power.
Joel Eietz, a stranger who is said to
come from Reading, Pa, began to raise
Cain in Mrs. Stonebraker S boarding house
in Bay City, and As he acted In a ST an re
way DR.. Baker was called 10 look at him.
The doctor looked into the room and In
moment his proposed patient had given
him a couple Of flesh wounds with revol-
YER and acted as II he would do worse
whereupon the doctor fled for reinforce
ments. When he returned, backed by a
couple Of officers, Detz was dying having
shot himself through the heart. He was
undoubtedly crazy.
Gov. Luce has modified the order Is ued
by Gov. Alger last December relative to
importing cattle from Cook county, Ill
The Illinois board of live sock commits
sioners report that no cases OF acute
pleuro- pneumonia have been disco cred In
Cook county since j. =. Gov. Luce S
action allows the impurIatitn Of Gait g in
to MI thigan coming through Cook county,
H., without unloading, also from the
Union stock yards and the fat-sock shows
at the Chicago exposition buildings. The
integrity of the other SEE tions OF The order
remain unimpaired
Roster of commissioned officers just sent
cut from Michigan military academy
shows the following members Of sta
First lieutenant and adjulant, ii. Il. Dew
ey OF Dowagiac; first eutenant and quar-
termaster, Z. L Bagley of Detroit second
lieutenant and orderly of Ger, Il. L. Water
worth OF Fort Gratiot; sergeant-ma or, +.
III. Brown Of Aurora, ILL.,; quartz ma ter
sergeant. r. ii. Wilmington of Jackson
color sergeant, VIM. q. Earhuif of Chica-
60. Captains Of several compan es; X.
w. Van Zile OF Charlotte, L. b. Sanborn
Of Houston, Texas, T. T. Mulliken of De.
troit. and f. S. Bliss of East Saginaw.
The Hon. Peter Dow's body arrived in
Pontiac from Dakota on the morning OF
October 25, and with 1t an account Of his
sudden death. With three other hunters
Mr. Dow started after geese. They had a
two seated wagon. Mr. Dow was one OF
the occupants of the back seat and loaded
rifle rested between the two men on the
front seat. The barrel end pointed to-
ward Mr.. Dow. Suddenly a flock of geese
rose up ahead OF the wagon and few to
ward il. The driver dropped his reins ant
reached for a shot gun, which was lying
in the bottom of wagon. At that instant
the rifle was discharged. Mr.. Dow fel
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